Have you ever encountered this situation: even though your position looks fine, suddenly it gets liquidated, and then a bunch of people in the group ask, "Where did I lose money?"... Many times, it's not that you're slow to react; it's that the oracle feed has a delay, and the price has already jumped outside, but the on-chain data hasn't updated yet. You think it's safe, but in reality, the liquidation threshold has already been breached. When the feed catches up, the liquidation bot shows up directly, leaving no time to react.



So the first thing I look at when assessing leverage isn't "how much can I earn," but what oracle the protocol uses, how often it updates, and whether it can handle extreme volatility without lagging. Also, those Meme coins that heat up rapidly and get moved by celebrities' calls—veteran players aren't just pretending to be calm... Honestly, the crazier the volatility, the easier it is for the feed to fall behind, and the more likely you are to be the last one caught. Anyway, I’d rather earn a little less than wake up in the middle of the night to liquidation alerts. That’s how I do it for now.
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